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Grigori Guitchounts

Grigori Guitchounts is a neuroscientist, AI researcher, and a senior associate at Flagship Pioneering, working on AI and machine learning.

Psilocybin Lifted Her Burden

The Covid pandemic left this frontline medical worker burned out, angry, and depressed. Then she got high.

October 20, 2025

What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?

Something is happening here, but neuroscientists don’t know what it is

October 20, 2025

The Soviet Rebel of Music

He composed on a computer in a dangerous time. His echo is still heard today.

April 30, 2024

A Glitch in My Serenade

Could AI help me compose a musical expression of love?

February 14, 2024

Neuroscience’s Existential Crisis

We’re mapping the brain in amazing detail—but our brain can’t understand the picture.

October 27, 2021

Are We Wired to Be Outside?

A neuroscientist searches for the roots of feeling innately connected to nature.

November 11, 2020

An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience

We’re mapping the brain in amazing detail—but our brain can’t understand the picture.

January 22, 2020

Are Animal Experiments Justified?

A neuroscientist confronts his anguish over experimenting on animals.

Why Neuroscientists Need to Study the Crow

The neocortex is argued to be the seat of cognition, but crows don't have one.

March 14, 2016